Ebook: Quantum Mechanics

This course on quantum mechanics gives a fresh and modern approach to the field. It is a textbook on the principles of the theory, its mathematical framework and its first applications. It constantly refers to modern and practical developments, tunneling microscopy, quantum information, Bell inequalities, quantum cryptography, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum astrophysics. The book also contains 92 exercises with their solutions.
Supplementary material on extras.springer.com contains outstanding and "easy access" Java-based simulations, which illustratively help the user to better understand how the theory actually operates. It also contains a variety of links where one can discover updated applications and further readings.

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This course on quantum mechanics gives a fresh and modern approach to the field. It is a textbook on the principles of the theory, its mathematical framework and its first applications. It constantly refers to modern and practical developments, tunneling microscopy, quantum information, Bell inequalities, quantum cryptography, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum astrophysics. The book also contains 92 exercises with their solutions.
Supplementary material on extras.springer.com contains outstanding and "easy access" Java-based simulations, which illustratively help the user to better understand how the theory actually operates. It also contains a variety of links where one can discover updated applications and further readings.

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This course on quantum mechanics gives a fresh and modern approach to the field. It is a textbook on the principles of the theory, its mathematical framework and its first applications. It constantly refers to modern and practical developments, tunneling microscopy, quantum information, Bell inequalities, quantum cryptography, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum astrophysics. The book also contains 92 exercises with their solutions.
Supplementary material on extras.springer.com contains outstanding and "easy access" Java-based simulations, which illustratively help the user to better understand how the theory actually operates. It also contains a variety of links where one can discover updated applications and further readings.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Quantum Phenomena....Pages 1-16
The Wave Function and the Schrödinger Equation....Pages 17-38
Physical Quantities and Measurements....Pages 39-61
Quantization of Energy in Simple Systems....Pages 63-88
Principles of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 89-113
Two-State Systems, Principle of the Maser....Pages 115-134
Commutation of Observables....Pages 135-156
The Stern—Gerlach Experiment....Pages 157-176
Approximation Methods....Pages 177-187
Angular Momentum....Pages 189-206
Initial Description of Atoms....Pages 207-230
Spin 1/2 and Magnetic Resonance....Pages 231-248
Addition of Angular Momenta, Fine and Hyperfine Structure of Atomic Spectra....Pages 249-272
Entangled States, EPR Paradox and Bell’s Inequality....Pages 273-292
The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalisms, Lorentz Force in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 293-308
Identical Particles and the Pauli Principle....Pages 309-329
The Evolution of Systems....Pages 331-355
Scattering Processes....Pages 357-379
Qualitative Physics on a Macroscopic Scale....Pages 381-396
Early History of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 397-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-511